Slow speed lake trout lure

[glen]

Slow speed (1.5mph) lake trout lure.  
j plug vs flatfish ? Any other body baits ?
 

[CrowMan]

One of my favourite Laker set ups is running a "peanut lure" (like a mini KwikFish) 30" behind a 6" Williams Whitefish (as opposed to a full-size dodger or cow bells). It trolls nicely at 1.5 mph.

Also a Rapala J-11 or J-13 trolls effectively at slow speeds.

 

 

[misfish]

At that speed,a flutter spoon like silver fox.

[glen]

Ok I have a list of ideas. Thanks.  
 

[dave524]

On 7/28/2023 at 10:11 AM, CrowMan said:

One of my favourite Laker set ups is running a "peanut lure" (like a mini KwikFish) 30" behind a 6" Williams Whitefish (as opposed to a full-size dodger or cow bells). It trolls nicely at 1.5 mph.

Also a Rapala J-11 or J-13 trolls effectively at slow speeds.

 

 

Luhr Jensen Fireplugs were a favourite of mine behind a smaller Cow Bell when we didn't have real meat behind.

[BillM]

Flutter spoon like a Sutton would be my first choice.   Also pump the rod as well..  

[misfish]

16 hours ago, BillM said:

Flutter spoon like a Sutton would be my first choice.   Also pump the rod as well..  

I was trying to remember the name. Sutton are great as well.

 

[Fang]

Just back from a week on Temagami. Trolling speeds varied from 1.1 up to 2.0 but 1.8 was sweet spot. Small gang trolls from lucky strike in front of Michigan stinger spoons with 5 ft leads. UV’s chartreuse and glow greens took majority of fish. Also ran clean Sutton spoons and small meat rigs side by side and gang troll/spoon still won. Nothing big but good numbers up to 5 lbs. That lake has huge numbers still and ran into very few other boats trolling. Most were jigging and that worked too for a few.

Edited July 31, 2023 by Fang

[irishfield]

My troll controller is set to 1.66mph all Summer

[Spiel]

Never trolling, think location, think jigging.